Cisco Director Hardware Engineering 

Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei 

790442125

Technology and Quality organization part of Supply Chain Operations is seeking a HW Director position in Taiwan responsible for Component Quality and Technology in PCB and substrate commodities.

What You'll Do

In this role you have the responsibilities of:

Commodity leader for PCB and Substrate:

• Establish deep, strong technical relationship with industry and Cisco suppliers.
• Drive Advanced
  PCB
• Develop and execute Substrate long-term Commodity Strategy supporting internal (SiOne, SiPh), ASIC and Merchant Si
• Robust Design rules and Producibility for PCB and Substrate
• Enable Multi-source PSL development aligned with tech roadmap and investment.

Who You'll Work With

• Drive PCB and sub-tier suppliers for technology/material/chemical/equipment development to support next-gen PCB for Cisco products
• Partner with GSM to enable the PCB commodity strategy (including suppliers development, resiliency enablement, productivity through VE programs)
• Engage with SiOps,T&Q, ASIC engineering and suppliers for future substrate and package solutions development.
• Partner with APJC SCO functional leaders to mentor local leaders and build a local leadership platform to support the SCO-TPE team.
• Create site identity and synergy for all SCO functions (SiOps, GSM, T&Q, Meraki, Acacia) and work with cross functional leaders to understand talent acquisition need and roadmap, support hiring/retention

Who You Are

• Understand SCO strategies, methodologies and resources to help engineering and operations achieve their desired business outcomes.
• Have worked in cross-functional environments with track record of success in correlating the factors that influence strategies for product development, sourcing and manufacturing.
• Possess domain knowledge in PCB and substrate with extensive partnership and established relationship with PCB and Substrate suppliers.
• Organized and detail oriented, with ability to lead through influence and example, while communicating clear expectations through delegation and holding others accountable for results.
• Have developed successful teams, managed programs and initiatives.
• Collaborate with regional leaders (Sales, Eng, SCO) in the Cisco Taiwan office to drive site-level employee engagement and build the “Best Workplace in Taiwan™”
• Establish effective relationships with local government, work cross-functionally and articulate Cisco’s outstanding contributions to the transformation of Taiwan’s IT industry to the Government.

Minimum requirements for this role:

• 15+ years of technical experience related to PCB & substrate technology and manufacturing
• 10+ years in management and related experience.
• Extensive engagement with Senior Leadership.
• Outstanding organizational and team leadership skills.
• Possess strong business acumen and executive presence.
• Skilled in advising and influencing teams to drive actions and results to support and enable SCO priorities.
• Ability to simplify the complex into clear and concise messaging.
• Typically requires MS/MBA or equivalent.